Chapter 12 together at last.

The next morning Buffy was cheery and happy she walked into the kitchen with a great big smile on her face and sat down.

"What's up with you?" Dawn asked.

"Ah you know, just life!" Buffy said cheerfully.

"Take it you had a good night then." Willow cheekly smiled at her.

"Yeah I did thank you." Buffy got up and poured herself a glass of orange juice.

"Dawn you better go to school."

"I'm gone." She waved and walked out and met Xander.

Willow waited for Dawn to completely leave the house. "So. What happened?"

"Huh?"

"You and Spike!"

"Oh yeah." Buffys eyes lit up.

"I take is something happened."

"We kissed."

"You kissed!" Willow was shocked, but not that shocked.

"I understand that you all we hate it me and him, but I have new feelings and when I'm with him it's like nothing else matters. I've only felt like that once never thought I would feel it again. Especially for Spike."

"Funny how things work out." Willow poured a bowel of cereal.

"Yah, it is." Buffy mumbled to herself.

In Clems apartment Spike walked out of the bathroom singing and walked into the kitchen with just a towel round his waist.

Clem was sat down on the leather sofa and looked at Spike in the kitchen. "Your cheerful this morning." He said with a mouthful of food.

"Yup that I am." Spike said putting a mug of blood in the microwave.

"I take it a certain slayer is involved?"

"Yup, she is." He smiled.

That night Spike walked to Buffys house and knocked on the door.

"Dawn." He smiled, "Big sis in?"

"Yeah, she's up stairs." Dawn smiled she was in a better mood about Spike and Buffy now, after all it was Spike he had protected her many times.

Spike nodded and walked up stairs and knocked on Buffys bedroom door.

"Come in!" She said and Spike walked and closed the door she was rushing around the room looking for something.

"Hey." He grinned and went and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Hey." She smiled and wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him. She felt so happy when she pulled away and saw him smiling at her.

"So are we going to go catch some bad guys tonight?" He smiled brushing back her hair.

"Yeah, I just got to find my…Ah! Got it." He held up her cell phone.

"Right, the new age." He pointed at her mobile.

They walked down stairs and towards the door.

"I'm going out now!" She called out to Dawn, "Willow should be home soon."

"Don't worry I'm going round Katie's."

"Okay, but don't be back to late you have school in the morning!"

"Okay." Dawn sighed and rolled her eyes.

"See ya later pidgin." Spike nodded and walked out after Buffy.

Buffy laced her fingers though Spikes, Spike looked down and smiled at Buffy. He felt so proud to be stood by her side as her man well as much as a man he could be and in Buffys eyes he was all man and no beast.

Buffy wondered how Giles would react he had never liked Spike from the start and would hate the idea of her and him being together but she just let it fly over her head she was to happy for anyone to spoil it.

The First in forum of Buffy watched in disgust Spike and Buffy walk down the street hand in and hand and shook her head. "Oh Spike, how caught up in me are you."

"That's one keen vampire there." A preacher said in a southern American accent.

"Found anymore girls?" Buffy/The first asked.

"Only one and she lives here right in Sunnydale, thought I'd kill her in front of the one and only Buffy. Let her know what's in store."

"As long as you do." The first said and disappeared.